IP Library Granted Patent US 11,128,423
Granted Patent B2
US 11,128,423 · App. 16/477,135 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Beam forming and transmission method and network device

Inventors: Xin Su (Beijing, CN); Qiubin Gao (Beijing, CN); Tamrakar Rakesh (Beijing, CN); Runhua Chen (Beijing, CN); Hui Li (Beijing, CN); Chuanjun Li (Beijing, CN); Qiuping Huang (Beijing, CN); Mengjun Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
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Patent No.
US 11,128,423
App. No.
16/477,135
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a beam forming and transmission method and a network device, for resolving the defects of limited flexibility and performance in prior art methods for improving the quality of channel estimation. The method comprises: a network side determining the configuration information of physical resource block (PRB) bundling parameters, the time domain configuration information of the configuration information of said PRB bundling parameters being configurable; the network side sending the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameters to a terminal so that after having received the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameters, the terminal uses a precoding mode corresponding to the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameters to perform channel estimation and demodulation.

Claims (80)

1. A beam forming and transmission method, comprising:

determining, by a network side, configuration information of a Physical Resource Block (PRB) bundling parameter, wherein time-domain configuration information in the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter is configurable; and

transmitting, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter to a terminal so that the terminal performs channel estimation and demodulation in a pre-coding scheme corresponding to the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter upon reception of the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter;

wherein determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter comprises:

determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a system parameter, the system parameter comprises a terminal movement speed or a quantity of consecutive time units for resource scheduling; or

determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) parameter, the DMRS parameter is configured according to recommendation information transmitted by the terminal; or

determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to configuration indication information, the configuration indication information comprises joint indication information indicating the DMRS parameter, and the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the system parameter comprises:

determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a system bandwidth; or

determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to recommendation information transmitted by the terminal, wherein the recommendation information is generated by the terminal according to a channel measurement; or

determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a preset threshold;

wherein the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter comprises at least one of followings:

a size of a Pre-coding Resource block Group (PRG) in the frequency domain;

a size of a PRG in the time domain; or

a size of a PRG in the time-frequency domain.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the DMRS parameter comprises:

configuring, by the network side, the DMRS parameter; and

determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter corresponding to the DMRS parameter according to a preset correspondence relationship between the DMRS parameter and the PRB bundling parameter.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein configuring, by the network side, the DMRS parameter comprises at least one of followings:

determining, by the network side, the DMRS parameter according to the system bandwidth;

determining, by the network side, the DMRS parameter according to recommendation information transmitted by the terminal, wherein the recommendation information is generated by the terminal according to a channel measurement; or

determining, by the network side, the DMRS parameter according to a preset threshold.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter corresponding to the DMRS parameter comprises at least one of followings:

determining time-domain configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the DMRS parameter;

determining frequency-domain configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the DMRS parameter; or

determining time-frequency-domain configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the DMRS parameter.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the configuration indication information comprises:

obtaining, by the network side, joint indication information indicating the DMRS parameter, and the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter; and

determining, by the network side, the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the joint indication information.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the joint indication information comprises at least one of followings:

joint indication information of the DMRS parameter, and time-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter;

joint indication information of the DMRS parameter, and frequency-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter; or

joint indication information of the DMRS parameter, and time-frequency-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after determining by the network side the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the system parameter, the method further comprises:

determining, by the network side, a DMRS parameter according to a binding relationship between a DRMS configuration, and the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the binding relationship comprises any one of:

a preset relationship between the DMRS configuration, and frequency-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter;

a preset relationship between the DMRS configuration, and time-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter; and

a preset relationship between the DMRS configuration, and time-frequency-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter.

10. A network device, comprising:

a memory configured to store program instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory:

to determine configuration information of a PRB bundling parameter, wherein time-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter is configurable; and

to transmit the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter to a terminal so that the terminal performs channel estimation and demodulation in a pre-coding scheme corresponding to the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter upon reception of the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory to determine the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter by:

determining the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a system parameter, the system parameter comprises a terminal movement speed or a quantity of consecutive time units for resource scheduling; or

determining the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a DMRS parameter, the DMRS parameter is configured according to recommendation information transmitted by the terminal; or

determining the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to configuration indication information, the configuration indication information comprises joint indication information indicating the DMRS parameter, and the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter.

11. The network device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory to determine the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a system parameter by:

determining the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a system bandwidth; or

determining the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to recommendation information transmitted by the terminal, wherein the recommendation information is generated by the terminal according to a channel measurement; or

determining the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a preset threshold;

wherein the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter comprises at least one of followings:

a size of a PRG in the frequency domain;

a size of a PRG in the time domain; or

a size of a PRG in the time-frequency domain.

12. The network device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory to determine the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a DMRS parameter by:

configuring the DMRS parameter; and

determining the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter corresponding to the DMRS parameter according to a preset correspondence relationship between the DMRS parameter and the PRB bundling parameter.

13. The network device according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory to configure the DMRS parameter by at least one of followings:

determining the DMRS parameter according to the system bandwidth;

determining the DMRS parameter according to recommendation information transmitted by the terminal, wherein the recommendation information is generated by the terminal according to a channel measurement; or

determining the DMRS parameter according to a preset threshold.

14. The network device according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory to determine the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter corresponding to the DMRS parameter by at least one of followings:

determining time-domain configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the DMRS parameter;

determining frequency-domain configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the DMRS parameter; or

determining time-frequency-domain configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the DMRS parameter.

15. The network device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory to determine the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to configuration indication information by:

obtaining joint indication information indicating the DMRS parameter, and the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter; and

determining the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to the joint indication information.

16. The network device according to claim 15 , wherein the joint indication information comprises any one of:

joint indication information of the DMRS parameter, and time-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter;

joint indication information of the DMRS parameter, and frequency-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter; and

joint indication information of the DMRS parameter, and time-frequency-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter.

17. The network device according to claim 10 , wherein after determining the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter according to a system parameter, the processor is configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory to:

determine a DMRS parameter according to a binding relationship between a DRMS configuration, and the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter.

18. The network device according to claim 17 , wherein the binding relationship comprises any one of:

a preset relationship between the DMRS configuration, and frequency-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter;

a preset relationship between the DMRS configuration, and time-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter; and

a preset relationship between the DMRS configuration, and time-frequency-domain configuration information among the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameter.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 057452/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2021
From: SU, XIN; GAO, QIUBIN; RAKESH, TAMRAKAR; CHEN, RUNHUA; LI, HUI; LI, CHUANJUN; HUANG, QIUPING; WANG, MENGJUN
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 055588/0551 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710018475.7 · Jan 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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